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Summary Venue(s) Troupe(s) People Date Happened Date Recorded
The inset view of London in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire' represents two theatres: most likely, the Globe and Bear Garden Bear Garden; Globe (I) ... ... To: 1611 From: 1611
Thomas Dekker characterizes the sport of baiting as inhumane Bear Garden ... the bear, Tom Hunks From: 1609 From: 1609
A rope-dancer performs at the Fortune Fortune (II) ... Blagrave, William; Herbert, Henry; Vincent, William From: 7 March 1635 From: 7 March 1635
Ford and Dekker's 'The Fairy Knight' is licensed ... ... Dekker, Thomas; Ford, John; Herbert, John From: 11 June 1624 From: 11 June 1624
Rowley's 'A Match or No Match' is licensed for the Fortune Fortune (II) ... Herbert, Henry; Rowley, Samuel From: 6 April 1624 From: 6 April 1624
Alleyn inherits the joint salary for Mastership of the Bears after Henslowe's death Bear Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Henslowe, Philip From: circa 1616 From: circa 1616
The St Botolph parish registers identify Thomas Goodale as a player ... ... Goodale, Thomas From: 1593 From: 1593
Articles of inquiry in Bishop Bancroft's visitation raise questions about the use of the cloisters St Paul's (II) ... ... From: 23 April 1599 From: 23 April 1599
Giovanni Perondini, servant to the Duke of Savoy, receives a warrant in reward for a 'beast of recreacion' Bear Garden; Court ... of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel I; Perondini, Giovanni From: 13 March 1612 From: 13 March 1612
Thomas Dekker's 'The Owl's Almanac' records the death of the bear George Stone Bear Garden ... Stone, George From: 1610 From: 1618
'The Owl's Almanac' commemorates the destruction of the Cockpit/Phoenix Phoenix/Cockpit ... ... From: 4 March 1617 From: 1618
Dekker: The Rose theatre stinks of the Bear Garden Bear Garden; Rose ... ... From: before 1602 From: 1602
Sir William Faunt writes to Edward Alleyn concerning bulls for Paris Garden Bear Garden; Paris Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William undated undated
Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Lane answers Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, Richard; Harris, –––; Hudson, Richard; Lane, Richard; Maddox, John; Mill, William; Osborne, Thomas; Smyth, –––; Smythe, William; Street, Peter; Walter, John From: 28 April 1602 From: 28 April 1602
Lord Chamberlain requests that justices of the peace in Chester and Lancaster apprehend the assailants of Henslowe's deputies Bear Garden ... Ashton, John; Barnes, Ralph; Brooke, Thomas; Dutton, Thomas; Henslowe, Philip; Howard, Thomas; Ireland, John; Latham, John; Marburie, Thomas; Massy, Richard; Penkith, Richard; Stanley, Edward From: 13 July 1613 From: 13 July 1613
Edward Alleyn baits before the King Bear Garden; Court ... Alleyn, Edward; Stuart, James I From: 11 June 1622 From: 11 June 1622
Gilbert Katharens and John Browne plan for the construction of the Hope theatre Bear Garden; Hope; Paris Garden; Swan ... Browne, John; Henslowe, Philip; Katherens, Gilbert; Meade, Jacob From: 8 September 1613 From: 8 September 1613
Ralph Bowes (not John Dorington) is appointed Master of the Queen's Game Bear Garden; Court ... Bowes, Ralph; Dorington, John From: 2 June 1573 From: 2 June 1573
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: George Turfett deposes Paris Garden ... Browker, Hugh; Langley, Jane; Turfett, George From: 7 August 1601 From: 1603
Star Chamber, Samwell vs Langley et al: Owen Roberts deposes Boar's Head ... Langley, Francis; Roberts, Owen; Samwell, Richard; Samwell, Richard From: 23 December 1599 To: 26 December 1599 From: 1 May 1600
Vestry of St. Saviour's sets Paris Garden tithes Paris Garden ... Langley, Francis From: 30 June 1597 From: 30 June 1597 To: 21 March 1597
'Hymen's Holiday' is performed at court ... ... Herbert, Henry; of France, Henrietta Maria; Rowley, William; Stuart, Charles I From: 16 December 1633 From: 16 December 1633
Thomas Needler purchases part of the Boar's Head Boar's Head ... Browne, Elizabeth; Florey, John; Lockdale, Robert; Needler, Thomas; Needler, John; Poley, John; Stamford, Robert From: 29 December 1621 From: 29 December 1621
Public playhouses present secular drama: Stow Curtain; Theatre ... ... undated From: 1598
The Duke of Buckingham entertains the King and Queen with plays at York House ... ... Mead, Joseph; of France, Henrietta Maria; Stuart, Charles I; Stuteville, Martin; Villiers, George From: Sunday November 1626 From: 11 November 1626
Requests, Burbage v Allen: May deposes Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; May, Randolph; Peckham, Edmond; Richardes, Hugh; Stoughton, Robert From: 15 May 1600 From: 15 May 1600
The Hope is dirty Bear Garden; Hope ... ... From: 1614 From: 1631
Heywood memorializes great players in his 'Apology for Actors' ... ... Bentley, John; Crosse, Samuel; Kemp, William; Knell, William; Laneham, John; Mills, Tobias; Phillips, Augustine; Pope, Thomas; Singer, John; Slye, William; Spencer, Gabriel; Tarlton, Richard; Wilson, Robert From: circa 1570 To: 1613 From: 1612
Philip Henslowe receives payments of 10l, and 18l 5s, respectively, in his role as Master of the King's Game Bear Garden; Court ... Henslowe, Philip From: 11 December 1612 To: 23 December 1612 From: 11 December 1612 To: 23 December 1612
The prologue for 'Holland's Leaguer' compares Salisbury Court to the Globe and Phoenix Globe (II); Phoenix/Cockpit; Salisbury Court ... ... From: before 1632 From: 1632
A handwritten addendum to Stowe's 1631 Annals outlines the post-Civil War fate of London's theatres Blackfriars (II); Fortune (I); Fortune (II); Globe (II); Hope; Phoenix/Cockpit; Salisbury Court ... Brend, Matthew; Godfrey, –––; Pride, Thomas; Walker, Thomas From: 1644 To: 1656 From: after 1656
Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Henry Bett deposes Curtain; Theatre ... Allen, Giles; Ashebournham, –––; Bett, Henry; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Gardiner, –––; Miles, Robert; Noble, –––; Peckham, Edmond; Rumney, Thomas; Tomson, William; White, William From: before 30 September 1591 From: 30 September 1591
Johannes de Witt sketches the Swan in a letter to his friend, Arend van Buchell Swan ... de Witt, Johannes; van Buchell, Arend From: 1596 From: circa 1596
Alleyn meets with the builders of the second Fortune Fortune (II) ... Alleyn, Edward From: 16 April 1622 To: 6 May 1622 From: 16 April 1622 To: 6 May 1622
The privy council stays the erection of Philip Rosseter's new playhouse until they have determined its fate Porter's Hall ... Coke, Edward; Jolles, John; Rosseter, Philip; Sanders, ––– From: 26 September 1615 From: 26 September 1615
Leases from 1582 and 1593 help to locate the Almonry House on the cathedral property St Paul's (I) ... ... From: 1582 To: 1593 From: 1582 To: 1593
Commissioners of the Sewers order Edward Box to repair sewers near the Rose Rose ... Box, Edward From: 25 April 1606 From: 25 April 1606
Robert Blisse plays his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre Theatre ... Blisse, Robert; Longe, Valentine; Pratt, Thomas; Reyson, Alexander; Smyth, Richard From: 1 July 1582 From: after 1 July 1582
William Faunt requests a bear cub from Edward Alleyn Bear Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William From: 9 November From: 9 November
John Chamberlain includes bear-baiting among Christmas entertainments at court Bear Garden; Court ... Chamberlain, John; Winwood, Ralph From: 1602 From: 17 January 1603
Thomas Burnaby leases a tenement and Bear Garden property to Richard Reve Bear Garden ... Burnaby, Thomas; Napton, John; Reve, Richard From: 15 December 1590 From: 15 December 1590
John Taylor once knew a prompter who worked at the Globe Globe (II) ... Vincente, Thomas From: before 1638 From: 1638
Davenport's 'The Court and the Country' is licensed ... ... Davenport, Robert; Herbert, Henry From: 1639 From: 1639
The Swan pays 9s 3d to the Overseers of the Poor of Paris Garden Swan ... Dancer, Gyles; Payne, John; Williams, Henry From: 20 April 1615 From: 20 April 1615
Thomas Bowker writes to Edward Alleyn for a 'mastife whelpe' Bear Garden ... Alleyn, Edward; Bowker, Thomas From: 9 June 1609 From: 19 June 1609
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: Richard Langley deposes Paris Garden; Swan ... Browker, Hugh; Langley, Jane; Langley, Richard; Langley, Francis From: 22 April 1589 To: 1603 From: 1603
Edward Alleyn -- 'Master of his Majesty's Beargarden' -- petitions Lord High Treasurer Cranfield for sums owed Bear Garden; Court ... Cranfield, Lionel; Philibert, Charles Emmanuel; Stanhope, John; Stuart, James I From: circa 1614 To: 1622 From: October 1622
Characters in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes' debate the appeal of bearbaiting Bear Garden; Hope ... ... From: 1638 From: 1640
Richard Jones writes to Alleyn for a loan ... ... Alleyn, Edward; Browne, –––; Jones, Richard From: circa February 1591 To: February 1592 From: February 1591 To: February 1592
Ottaviano Lotti reports the closing of plays and baitings in response to plague deaths Bear Garden ... Lotti, Ottaviano From: 22 October 1605 From: 22 October 1605


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